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Dutch Bros., Columbia River football team raise $5,410 for Hunter Pearson Scholarship Fund

August 9, 2017, 5:59am Community

On July 30, Dutch Bros. teamed up with the Hunter Pearson Scholarship Fund to donate proceeds from sales to the charity named for the Columbia River High School senior who died while swimming in Lacamas Lake in May. Read story

Meadow Homes: Staffers and supporters of CDM Caregiving Services attended a groundbreaking ceremony for the nonprofit’s new home, the McKibbin Center, which CDM officials hope they can move into in February.

Nonprofit breaks ground on new facility named for late community leader McKibbin

August 9, 2017, 5:58am Community

CDM Caregiving Services broke ground on its new home July 28, an event seven years in the making, according to Executive Director Eric Erickson. Read story

Woodland: Woodland Public Schools honored employees during an annual end of year celebratory luncheon, which featured the district handing out awards to employees and hosting its first ever video competition, where staffers could team up to create music videos.

Woodland Public Schools honors employees, host video contest

August 9, 2017, 5:56am Community

Woodland Public Schools celebrated the end of the school year with a special staff luncheon, featuring the second Employee of Excellence Awards. Read story

Fircrest: A Peace Pole at the Cascade Park Community Library, which was donated by Rotary Club of Vancouver and Rotary District 5100 to promote peace throughout the world.

Rotarians donate Peace Pole to library

August 9, 2017, 5:51am Community

About 25 singing kids paraded from Cascade Park Community Library on July 20 as part of the dedication ceremony for a Peace Pole at the library’s front entrance. Read story

Barberton: More than 200 kids learned to fish while enjoying a variety of outdoor activities on July 22 at an event organized by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and I’m Hooked, Inc., a Portland-based nonprofit.

Fish and Wildlife, nonprofit team up to get kids hooked on fishing

August 9, 2017, 5:45am Community

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service staffers and volunteers teamed up with I’m Hooked, Inc., to bring more than 200 kids fishing at a private residence in Vancouver on July 22. Read story

Battle Ground class of ’57 celebrates 60th reunion

Battle Ground: Battle Ground High School’s class of 1957 visited the current high school for a luncheon and tour as part of their 60th high school reunion.

August 9, 2017, 5:42am Community

The halls of Battle Ground High School were filled with memories on July 26, when more than 20 graduates from the class of 1957 visited the school as part of their 60th reunion. For the reunion, the class of ’57 met at the high school for a luncheon where they… Read story

Everybody Has a Story: Vancouver run off the rails in China

I’ve been working for a few years as an English teacher at a technical high school in Ningbo, a prosperous and cosmopolitan port city just south of Shanghai on the eastern seaboard of China. A few weeks ago, I had a couple of days off from school during the Dragon… Read story